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If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, this approachable little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
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Rachel Poulton is a writer, photographer and art and philosophy teacher who writes about philosophy, music and messy hair and loves to explore life's mysteries. She lives in West Sussex with her two curious and wonder-filled children.
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86.00% of customers are satisfied
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to philosophy!
Rachel Poulton leads you steadily through the history of philosophical thoughts and ideas, highlighting key figures and theories along the way.I have been hesitant to delve into the world of philosophy for a long time due to the broadness of the topic and the intricate historical underpinning. I found this book to be well written and easy to understand for a beginner, it is clear and informative with subtle hints of Poulton's personality coming through along the way.The narrative follows an easy to follow chronology from ancient pre-Socratic thinkers right up to postmodern philosophy with the defining figures and their ideas laid out in a concise and easy to understand way. What I also think is great about this book is the key writings of each great mind are given throughout, in addition to a further reading section at the end, meaning any ideas of interest can be easily explored!I will definitely be taking my interest in philosophy to the next level with this book as the starting point, and I thoroughly recommend anyone who is considering learning to start here too!
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant concise overview
If you are looking for a brief overview of the basics and introduction of Philosophy then I highly recommend this book. The book is small and split into easily digestible chunks so you can just a good understanding whilst not taking on way too much information. Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly comprehensive
The Little Book is a full one with each philosophical variety described succinctly in language which is descriptive and helpful.
5.0 out of 5 stars My philosophy book
It is a very good introduction to philosophy.It covers the very important philosophers.From the very first to the now days.Very clearly written.After I ref it I still use it as a reference if I need to go back to something quick.Very easy to use.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great little book
Lovely content and great size to carry round
3.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Portable
Entries are simple and concise and come with historical background, so are useful as a starting point for a student planning an essay. The entries are light on actual philosophy - the essential idea is often just a few words. But it's nicely put together, well-written, and does a good job of depicting a continuum of western philosophy from Classical Greece onwards. There are also short, lightweight entries about Eastern philosophy. It is all thoroughly inoffensive, which is great for simplicity, but tougher criticism would give the beginner more of an experience. For more meat, consider the Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy.
5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening!!
The little book is concise and gives a window into Philosophy from ancient to modern times. I am happy I came across this book because it gave me insight on some ideas that I have had but never really knew where to get more information on them. It also help me go deeper into Stoicism and based on this book I have already ordered another book specifically on Stoicism. I highly recommend this book if you want to know more about Philosphy
4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to the history of philosphy
The Little Book of Philosophy is one of series of “little Books of…”. This book provides a short history of the development of philosophy with a short description of the main ideas of key phiosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius and Alain de Botton. There are also short chapters on some key philosophical subjects and areas such as Karma and Political Philosophy.As an introduction to philosophy the book certainly delivers. It provides just enough information so that the reader can decide whether the particular philosopher or subject is something you may want to investigate further.I am not keen on books that are not ‘book size; and would have preferred a thinner book size book but I suppose that idea is a little book of so that may have lost its point.Overall a good book if you want to know more about philosophy but not sure where to start.
wonderful introduction to philosophy!
Introduces important philosophers and concepts. Easy to understand and clear timeline! This book was inspiring and a good place to start for deeper investigation which I will definitely be doing now.I loved it!
Slight Damage
Just got the book, and unfortunately came bent and some pages were folded.The other two books I had ordered came just fine, so it was just this one which didn’t have a protective plastic bag.
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